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Jack
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A familiar form of John, the most widely spread of Christian names, and said to be derived from the French
s others maintain, from
distinctive form of
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b>Johnkin gives us
nd
rom its extreme commonness it has acquired that slightly contemptuous signification observable in such compounds as "every man
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nd the name as applied to the knaves in playing-cards, and to the small white ball used as a mark in the game of bowls is an example of its transferred sense.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Jack'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/j/jack.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Jack'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/j/jack.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
